STEPHANIE BROWN TRAFTON
Event: Discus Throw
Height: 6-4
Weight: 225
PR: 66.17m/217-1 (2008)
Born: December 1, 1979 in San Luis Obispo, Calif.
Current Residence: Galt, Calif.
High School: Arroyo Grande HS (Arroyo Grande, Calif.)
College: Cal Poly San Luis Obispo '03
Coach: Robert Budke
Agent: Valentina Fedjuschmina
Club: Nike

Career Highlights: 2008 Olympic Games gold medalist; 3rd at 2008 Olympic Trials; 2004 Olympic Trials runner-up; Two-time Olympian (’04, ’08); 2007 NACAC champion; 3-time Big West champion

Brown Trafton won the United States' first gold medal in the women's discus since Lillian Copeland in 1932 at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China. It was the first medal of any kind in that event since Leslie Jean Deniz won silver in the boycott-afflicted 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. It was a significant personal victory for the 28-year-old Brown, who has never finished higher than second at a U.S. national championship. Brown Trafton stood in first place after the first round of throwing in Beijing, popping off a strong throw of 64.74m/212-5, less than five feet off her personal best. The throw held up for the rest of the competition and the gold medal was hers...At 6-4, Trafton has the leverage most discus throwers can only dream about…Brown Trafton qualified for her second Olympic Team by placing third in the women’s discus at the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials…Brown Trafton set a huge personal best in winning the Salinas meet in 2008 with a then-world leading toss of 66.17m/217-1…A former Cal Poly Slo and Arroyo Grande High School standout, the then-Stephanie Brown threw 61.90 meters/203 feet, 1 inch on her first attempt to finish second at the 2004 Olympic Trials and make her first Olympic team, that throw exceeded her previous personal best by nine feet and also bettered the Olympic “A” qualifying standard of 61 meters…following her first throw during the final at the Olympic Trials, Brown, a six-time All-American in indoor and outdoor track and field at Cal Poly, fouled on her remaining five attempts…currently working in the Information Technology Services department at Sycamore Environmental Consulting.

2008: Olympic Games gold medalist (64.74m/212-5)…3rd at Olympic Trials (62.65m/205-06)…1st at Nike Prefontaine Classic (63.50m/208-4)…3rd at Reebok Grand Prix (62.34m/204-06)…1st at Salinas (66.17m/217-1PR)...best of 66.17m/217-1...best of 66.17m/217-1.
2007:5th at USA Outdoors (55.03m/180-6)…NACAC champion (59.27m/194-5)…3rd at Maui (61.40m/201-5)…ranked #3 in the U.S. by T&FN…best of 61.40m/201-5.
2006: 4th at USA Outdoors (55.71m/182-9)…4th at Modesto (58.57/192-2)…1st at USATF Pacific Association Champs (56.76m/186-2)…2nd at La Jolla (59.03m/193-8)…ranked #4 in the U.S. by T&FN…best of 59.03m/193-8.
2005: 4th at Stanford (55.35m/181-7)…best of 55.35m/181-7.
2004: Olympic Trials runner-up (61.90m/203-1PR)...11th at Group A at Olympic Games (58.54m/192-1)...2nd at Westwood in the SP (17.86m/58-7.25)...ranked #4 in the U.S. by T&FN...bests of 17.86m/58-7.25 (SP) & 61.90m/203-1 (DT).
2003: 8th in DT at USA Outdoors (57.78m/189-7PR)…4th in SP at NCAA Outdoors (17.37m/57-0)…1st in SP at Stanford (17.30m/56-9.25)…Big West SP champion (17.07m/56-0)…7th in SP at Mt. SAC Relays (16.38m/53-9)…1st in DT at Northridge (56.03m/183-10)…4th in DT at Salinas (56.77m/186-3)…3rd in DT at La Jolla (57.77m/189-6)…bests of 17.37m/57-0 (SP) & 57.78m/189-7 (DT).
2002: 4th at NCAA Outdoors (54.11m/177-6)…10th in SP at NCAA Indoors (15.99m/52-5.5i)…1st in Big West in DT…1st in Big West, 14th in NCAA in SP…best of 16.03m/52-7.25i (SP) & 53.94m/177-0  (DT).
2001: 8th in SP at USA Outdoors (15.47m/50-9.25)…7th in SP at NCAA Outdoors (16.31m/53-06.25)…Big West SP champion…best of 16.31m/53-6.25 (SP) & 51.46m/168-10 (DT).
2000: Did not compete
1999: 214th in SP (14.96m/49-1) & 20th in DT (45.76m/150-1)…1st in Big West in DT…1st in Big West…bests of 14.96m/49-1 (SP) & 45.76m/150-1 (DT).

08/19/08